Display box



A. C. BEARDSELL DISPLAY BOX Filed Feb. 8, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. d //y% [ifleardJe// BY ATTORNEY.

Patented Jan. 27, 1942 TEE-D STATES i-ATENT; orrice DISPLAY Box Allyn-C. Beardsell, East Orange, N. 'J., assignor-to The Hindezia 'Dauch Paper Company, "Sandusky, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application February 8, 1940, vSerial'No. 317,842

-1 Claim. .,-(;c1. sacs-44) This invention relatesto a 'boxfor counter dis- .play of merchandise, such as canned .goods and the like, which combines the capability of being closed for storage or shipment or of being open 'and,'when open, having parts which constitute closing elements arranged to form 'a'raised display back and an easel which inclines the'main part of the'box. Another feature of the present invention. is the disposition of "material ecohornimay be modified within the scope of the claim,

without departing from the principles thereof.

In the accompanying drawings t Fig. 1 is a perspective view from front and side of the box open for display;

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective of the same;

Fig. 3 is a perspective showing the box mid-.

way between closed and opened position, illustrating the arrangement of the easel;

Fig. 4 is a perspective showing the box closed; Figs. 5 and 6 are plan views of the blanks from which the box is made, full cuts being indicated by solid lines and creases for folding by dotted lines;

Figs. '7 and 8 are respectively transverse and longitudinal vertical median sections through the set-up box, on planes 'll' of Fig. 8 and 88 of Fig. 7, respectively;

Fig. 9 is a section on plane 9--9 of Fig. 4, looking in the direction of the arrows, and Fig. 10 shows another bottom closing.

The sides, front, and half-laps of my box are made from the blank of Fig. 5, and the back and those bottom and top elements used to set up the display are made from the blank of Fig. 6, the two being secured together along the rear vertical edges I and 2 by ordinary box makers joints, such as stout tape, or otherwise, as may be appropriate.

The box proper, apart from its top and bottom easel features, is composed of back 3, front 4 and side walls 5 and 6, connected at their ends along fold lines shown in Fig. 5 by dotted lines, and

bottomla'ps.

make'itunnecessary to empty the contents of the box when changing'it from shipping form todiseachhaving along its.upperandflower'edge a lap panel foldably connected=theretoasshownbylthe dotted lines-of Fig. 5. The lap panels .are .preferably only, half-laps, the upper ones being designated ast, l andQ-and the lower as 11,10 .and I2.

The laps 8 and 9 become top "laps of the closed box as shownin Fig. 4, while thelaps 'll and [2 arepreferably. folded-as inneribotto'm laps which places them \most'conveniently (for the fpurposes of the display arrangement, and are thus shown, although obviously they may 'be folded as outer If folded as inner b'ottom'laps, they play form. The lap lil'formsa parto'f-the bottom, and the lap 1 is an inner wall for the front end, or might of course beput on top of the inner lid when the box is closed for shipment. The top laps 8 and 9 are tucked down as inside walls when the box is set up for display.

The inner top which becomes the display back, is constructed of two panels l5 and H as shown in Fig. 6, connected by fold lines l8, l9 which are indicated as dotted in that figure, and separated by a full cut indicated by solid line I6.

-The panel l5 becomes the display back and the panel I! its support, Figs. 1 and 2. The cut-out at 16 may be of any ornamental shape desired, a semi-circular arrangement being shown.

Another panel 20 is foldably connected as at 2| to the panel 11. This panel, which forms the easel, is further divided into wings 22 and 23 by fold lines, and bycuts'in two steps on each side and extending inward at something of an inclination to the line 2!, thus constituting lugs 23 and 25.

When the box is set up for display, the panel I5 is inclined upwards and slightly to the rear, and the panel ll turned down around the fold lines l8 and ii) to an approximately vertical position. The panel 20 is practically in continuation of the panel H, but the wings 22 and 23 are turned in Y and under the box, so that the lugs 24 and 25 fit into holes 26 and 21 made for that purpose in a lap 28, which is foldably attached to the back 3 at the side opposite l5, and which turns under the box, forming the outer bottom when it is set up for display.

. Although the box maybe closed with the bottom laps H and I2 outside, it will be more convenient to close it with the laps l0 and 28 outside, and it is so shown in the drawings. laps l0 and 26 can thus be held together by tape asv at 30, which eliminates the need for The changing the bottom arrangement when setting the box up for display.

To set up the display, the top laps 8 and 9 are thrown back as shown in Fig. 3, and the inner lid is turned up and back. The wings 22 and 23 are turned to bring the lugs 24 and 25 in axial alignment with the length of the box, so that when brought under, in the positions of Figs. 2, 7 and 8 they will register with and go into the slots 26 and 21. The laps l, 8 and 9 are turned inward, forming inner side walls.

In this way the upper rear end of the box is firmly supported and the entire box placed at an angle, the back panel I5 is raised and is held up by the portion I1, so that it can not move either forward or back. The entire set up position is maintained by the locking action of the lugs 24 and 25 in the slots 26 and 21. By slightly lifting the back of the box, these lugs can be released, and the box again closed by reversing the steps previously mentioned for opening it.

It will be seen from the foregoing that I have invented a container in which the shipping or storing arrangements do not interfere in any way with the display arrangements and the display arrangements are also useful as forming additional top and bottom elements giving the box the necessary double thickness and fully protecting the merchandise. In spite of being so cut and creased as to admit folding into both a dis- 'play back and an easel, the inner lid also completely covers the merchandise when closed.

It will be understood that variations from the details herein shown may be resorted to, within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A combined shipping and display container comprising in combination two single-wall sides, a double-wall side, two top half-laps, two bottom half-laps, and a bottom partial lap transverse to said bottom half-laps, all the foregoing being made of a unitary blank; and one single-Wall side, a full top divided into two panels by a transverse hinge, a tuck hinged to the free end of said full top and a bottom partial lap also transverse to said bottom half-laps, all made of another unitary blank; each of said blanks being of rectangular boundary; said bottom partial laps being hinged to the bottoms of mutually opposed sides, and together forming an outer bottom, said tuck being selectively formable into a supporting easel when said container is in display position, and when formed into such easel comprising a central downward back projection adapted to stand upright and wings hingedly connected thereto along vertical lines for forward swing under the box, saidv back projection forming a downward continuation of one of the panels of said top, said panel when in easel formation also standing approximately upright behind the box to above the rear end of the box, and being hinged to the other panel of said top, such latter panel in turn being hinged to the top edge of the back wall of the box; said full top of said last-named blank constituting the inner top of the closed container and the top laps of said first-named blank constituting the outer top of the closed container.

ALLYN C. BEARDSELL. 

